Rakuten Aquafadas


Rakuten Aquafadas is a software company specialising in no-code development platforms to build mobile apps for smartphones, tablets and web designed for enterprises and digital publishers.
Headquartered in Montpellier, France, Rakuten Aquafadas is a major subsidiary of Rakuten.

Sector

Rakuten Aquafadas creates mobile application tools for enterprise designed to support businesses in their digital transformation. With Rakuten Aquafadas software companies can build smartphone, tablet and web apps for their sales reps, investors and communications teams. Aquafadas also specialises in solutions for digital newspapers, magazines and e-text books.

Company history

The founders

Claudia Zimmer, previously an architect, and Matthieu Kopp with a degree of engineering and PHD in astrophysics. With 11 years of software development experience, they previously spent 5 years running the Application Networks startup in London and founded Aquafadas in 2006.

Headquarters

Rakuten Aquafadas first base was Cap Omega, a business incubator.Aquafadas#cite note-5| Today, Rakuten Aquafadas' headquarters is in MIBI in Montpellier.

Key dates

The subsidiary company of Aquafadas, transforms and publishes comic books on smartphones, tablets and web readers.

International presence

Partner network

Aquafadas has an international presence with 25 partner companies across the world:
The Canadian e-reading company acquires Aquafadas in 2012. In 2015 becomes a part of the Rakuten group.

Rakuten Group acquisition in 2015

The internet services company Rakuten acquires Aquafadas by merging with Kobo.